schoolash.blog - Every position or employment requires special skills
for owner, so that in performing the task can be smoothly and obtain
results in line with expectations. So the ability or collectively, the
competence is a prerequisite for a position or job would authorize a
person to hold that office.

The term competence actually has many meanings as set forth by The
Caharles E. Johnson (in Usman, 2004:14) suggested "Competency as a
rational Greenwich satisfactorily meets the performance objectives for a
Desired condition". Competence is a rational behavior to achieve the
purpose required in accordance with the conditions expected. As for the
competence of teachers according to Mc.Leod (in Usman, 2004:14) "the
ability of a teacher to responsibly perform her duties or has
appropriately". That the competence of teachers is the teacher's ability
to implement the obligations in a responsible and viable.

Mulyasa (2002:3) suggests "the competence of teachers is the knowledge
skills and abilities are controlled by someone who had to be him so that
he can perform the behaviors of cognitive, affective and psycomotor as
well as possible. Supandi (1985:124) defined as the ability type is
determined based on job analysis (job analysis) coupled with the
personal nature of the conditions that support teachers' ability to
carry out the work. Understanding of competency based on the Law of the
Republic of Indonesia Number 14 Year 2005 on Teachers and Lecturers is a
set of knowledge that must be owned, lived and ruled by an education in
implementing the tasks competence ". (Article 1 paragraph 10 of the
Republic of Indonesia No.14 Year 2005)

Of the various opinions on the above, it can be the authors conclude
that the competence of teachers is an ability that must be mastered by
an educator in performing their duties as educators and mentors children
in the classroom.